Anyone who tinkers with computers on a regular basis will be familiar with AMD.
In fact, the internal CPU or graphics card of the PC you use today is likely to come from AMD.
As a chip giant in the world today, AMD has always occupied a significant share of the marketAnd its leader is a very rare woman, and the most coincidental thing is that she is also a Chinese.
Lisa Su,successfully led AMD's market value to double, and her annual salary reached an astonishing 400 million yuan!
What is the story behind such a strong achievement? Why does the United States, which has always discriminated against Chinese Americans, allow Chinese Americans to serve as company leaders?
Nowadays, the concept of AI has become more and more popular, and as AI can do more and more things, many people are afraid that their jobs will one day be replaced by AI.
But there's no denying thatThe development of AI has become an irreversible trend and direction, and the progress of AI is inseparable from the support of technology, the most important of which is the field of chips.
Coincidentally,Today, the leaders of the two giant companies in the chip field are of Chinese descent, they were all born in Tainan City, Taiwan Province, and both stood at the apex of chip companies.
And when you look at the top management of American chip companies, you can even find that almost all of them are Chinese, and they have Han blood flowing in them.
You must know that the ethnic discrimination policy of the United States has existed since ancient times, and it has long been integrated into all aspects of American flesh and blood, so it can be said that Americans have always looked down on other ethnic groups, and therefore, the status of Chinese Americans is not high in the United States, especially in the Silicon Valley technology circle.
In many cases, even if Chinese Americans are excellent, they can only serve in the middle and low management of the company, and American companies will never let any Chinese American occupy the top position in the company, because this will pose a real threat to them.
On the contrary, Indians are much less constrained in their positions, which is probably in line with the perception of many Americans.
No matter how powerful the Indians are, they are a "curry seller" in the eyes of the AmericansThere is no way to pose a threat to the vast United States, but the Chinese are too smart, and the Americans fear that once they are given full power, their former position will soon be replaced.
If it weren't for the choice, perhaps the spokesmen of AMD and NVIDIA would definitely not be these two Chinese-born Taiwanese.
In fact, the Americans, who have always prided themselves on being powerful in technology,In the development of high-tech is still relying on hard-working and intelligent Chinese, especially in today's chip fieldThe international community has been ridiculing China for not being able to manufacture high-level chips, and for ridiculing China's scientific and technological strength.
However, he can only rely on Chinese Americans to eat, and almost most of the experts in Silicon Valley have Han Chinese bloodThis has to be said to be an extremely ironic fact.
Therefore, in the near future, my country will definitely win this "chip war".Use our own technology to conquer this group of arrogant foreigners.
As a leader in the field of chips, she was born in Taiwan Province in 1969, her parents were senior intellectuals at the time, and her father obtained a doctorate in economics in the United StatesSince childhood, the learning atmosphere is strong, and it can be called a scholarly family.
When Su Lifeng was 3 years old, their family immigrated to the United States with her father, and since then Su Lifeng began to receive elite education in the United States, influenced by her father, she has been very interested in science and engineering since she was a girl, maybe this is also the inheritance of genes.
When she was in junior high school, Su Lifeng got her first computer, and a new door opened in front of her, and she was fascinated by the wonderful world of computersAt that time, every time she got out of class, Su Lifeng would focus on the computer, not to play games, and the computer at that time was basically unable to run any games, she was just to study the computer itself.
High-tech, this kind of novelty has since run through Su Lifeng's entire life.
When she was in high school, has won many science and technology awards, the most prominent of which is the Westinghouse Science Award, in the United States, this award also has another nickname - "genius exclusive".
As of today, seven Nobel laureates have won the Westinghouse Prize in Science at a young ageIt can be said that winning this award almost concludes that this child is bound to achieve a career in the future.
In 1986, Su Lifeng was admitted to the world-famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and graduated on time four years later.
Subsequently, it took just four years to study for a master's degree and a doctorate, becoming one of the youngest female doctors at that time.
From childhood to adulthood, Su Lifeng can be said to be a standard child of other people's families, and he can easily achieve achievements far beyond his peers.
In 1995, Lisa Su joined the R&D department of the well-known IBM, and with her own efforts, she was successfully promoted to supervisor within a few yearsDuring her tenure, IBM's R&D achievements sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and she was once praised by the company.
Many arrogant Americans also have to pinch their noses and admit that this Asian, who was born in an eastern country, does have his own unique talent in the field of chips.
In 2007, Lisa Su participated in the development of the Kindle e-book project, which became popular all over the world as soon as it was launchedEven in China at that time, many people spent a lot of money to buy this slightly expensive "Western goods".
Relying on this success, Su Lifeng once again proved her strength to the world, and in the United States at that time, she seemed to be about to become a respected expert in the field of chips.
It is also the success of this series,At the time, AMD decided to bet all of its company's future on the Chinese woman, and it turned out they were right.
As AMD's old rival, NVIDIA was another chip giant in the United States at that time.
Every year, both companies present their latest series of graphics cards to everyoneHowever, in terms of technology, NVIDIA is far more mature than its predecessor AMD, and even beat it to the point where it almost withdrew from the world market.
From a very early stage, the performance of the latest graphics cards launched by NVIDIA has far exceeded the performance of AMD's contemporaries, whether in the high-end field or in the pursuit of cost performanceNVIDIA's products are always the best solution.
The huge market share once made manufacturers more inclined to this young company, and many computer software runtime designs are biased towards the architecture of NVIDIA, and ignore the old company AMD.
At the beginning of the 21st century, AMD's financial reports even showed negative profits for many years, and in this predicament, the head of AMD decisively hired Su Lifeng as interim CEO in 2012.
As a firefighter, Su Lifeng handed over a perfect answer sheet with extremely excellent results.
After a period of research, Su Lifeng believes that there is a temporary gap between her company's R&D level and that it is difficult to catch up, and she decisively gave up the previous competition modelIt is very bold to set AMD's strategy in the low-end market.
Relying on the model of increasing the volume without increasing the price, AMD launched a lot of high-quality and inexpensive products at that time, and for most people, thousands or even tens of thousands of yuan of graphics cards are difficult to affordWhat the public wants is not a high-end product that has been blown up, but an entry-level product that is affordable enough.
Similarly, AMD's low-end products can achieve far leading performanceThis move immediately hit the hearts of countless consumers, and AMD was sought after by countless people at that time.
In addition, AMD has not fallen behind in the research and development of high-end products, they often benchmark against NVIDIA's flagship products, and make their graphics card performance basically equal or slightly inferior, but it is only half of the other party, or even lower.
With Su Lifeng's bold strategy, AMD successfully came back to life, and under the pressure of competition, NVIDIA had no choice but to end its market monopoly, so it had to "deign" to start the involution, it can be said that without Su Lifeng, there would be no low-cost graphics card today.
Nowadays,The annual battle between the two companies has become one of the repertoire of the tech world, Su Lifeng is even affectionately called "Su Ma" by domestic fans to thank her for her contribution to the chip industry.
Many ordinary people are also looking forward to what surprises this outstanding Chinese woman can continue to bring to everyone.
In 2018, Lisa Su was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and at this ceremony, she delivered a heartfelt speech.
Many people will ask why Lisa Su chose to enter the IT industry as a womanYou must know that when choosing a university, Lisa Su not only gained the favor of MIT, but she also received an invitation from Juilliard** School, which is a world-renowned ** college.
It's just that for Su Lifeng, there is nothing to argue about in itself.
"I chose IT just because I love it, it has nothing to do with men or women, I know what I want to do, that's all. ”
An engineer is an engineer, a chairman is a chairman, they are just a profession, and there is never a difference between being a man or a woman.
In 2021, Lisa Su was selected as one of the 100 most influential women in Fortune, and she was also selected as one of the most influential women in the business world.
AMD offered her an annual salary of $400 million a year, and the AMD ** in her hands is even more valuable, relying on these achievements, Su Lifeng has influenced thousands of women to usher in independence.
There has never been any prejudice between boys studying science and women's literature, and achieving a career is not exclusive to men.
Focused, serious, coupled with hard work and talent, no matter who can rely on these to create great achievements, Su Lifeng is not an uncommon outlier, but some people's prejudices are too harsh.
What do you think about this?